Brian Kenneth Brown, n/k/a Allison Nicole Brown
v.
State of Iowa
Appellant
Brian Kenneth Brown, n/k/a Allison Nicole Brown
Appellee
State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant
Travis M. Visser-Armbrust
Attorney for the Appellee
Linda Hines, Assistant Attorney General
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for O’Brien County, Shayne Mayer, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., Chicchelly, J., and Blane, S.J. Buller, J. and Carr, S.J., takes no part. Opinion by Blane, S.J. (11 pages)
Allison Brown appeals the district court’s denial of her application for postconviction relief. She claims her trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in failing to (1) inform Brown of the potential sentences she could receive on the charges set out in the trial information, (2) investigate her mental-health and substance-abuse history, (3) request a competency evaluation, and (4) obtain a psychosexual examination for mitigation purposes. OPINION HOLDS: Brown failed to establish trial counsel was incompetent and failed to establish prejudice.
